Box of Chocolates

I don't think I am the only one in the world that thinks they can "fix" what is broken.  At some point in your life I am sure you have said to yourself, I could do it better.  In enters the job of superintendent of our local school system.  I am not sure 100% what is going on but here are the facts. 1. She has been the superintendent for 10 years. 2. Our school system is 22 million in the hole.  Which is a lot of money but only one months expenses. 3.  They decided not to renew her contract that was supposed to end in June 2011. 4. What the board decided was not to renew her contract and let her have a 6 month contract for transition, that was this summer. 5. She got a lawyer (a good one) and renegotiated her newest contract (approved last night) to get paid through Dec. 2011 but resign as soon as the new superintendent is in place.  Stating she is doing it for the school system. (I will refrain from commenting) Basically she is resigning with pay instead of complet

We are on day five of school being canceled due to extreme winter conditions.  Sunday night it started to snow......heavy.  Within hours we had inches of snow.  This storm is the third on the record books with a total of over 8 inches of snow.  I thought we moved to the deep south? Last night I couldn't sleep so I got up to turn on the water in the kitchen so our pipes didn't freeze.  The ipod touch was on the weather app that showed the temp of 9 degrees.  I guess last night was also a record setting night with the official low of 8 degrees.  I don't know if I have ever been in single digit temps. Looks like 8 is the magic number.  So with that I am going to write 8 things I have learned being trapped at home for a week. 1.) Snowmen are hard work.  I say work because I started to sweat in temps with a windchill of 19 degrees!  Sweat = work. 2.) Never again will I  give the kids their mittens and gloves to put away in there drawers.  For some reason they can never f

Hello 2011! A few years ago I decided not to have New Year resolutions. Not a resolution not to have one because that would be an oxymoron. I don't think I have ever kept my resolutions. I am always so disappointed in myself that I couldn't do that one thing or do without that one thing for a year. In some cases my resolution was over and done with by February. Today I am making a list of things I would like to accomplish or do this year. Mostly for me to look back on at the end of the year.  Maybe for some accountability?  Regardless, here is what I would like to consider in 2011...... Get certified to teach again and possibly go back to teaching. Do a better job at communicating play group activities. Organize my clutter in a fashionable way (this is going to take time and money). Take the next 7 months to spend time with Nathan with no regrets come August when he starts Kindergarden. Do the PTA scrapbook without hating the decision to be the PTA historian.  I als